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TWISLETON, GEORGE (1618 - 1667), officer in the parliamentary army ., in North Wales. He was appointed Member of Parliament for Anglesey in Cromwell ' Parliaments of 1654 and 1656 as well as in the Parliament of 1659. At the Restoration he settled at Lleuar, and it does not appear that he was disturbed for his activities during the Interregnum. He died 12 May 1667, and was buried at Clynnog, where his tomb is still preserved. His wife died in 1676. Their son, GEORGE
teulu VAUGHAN Corsygedol, ' Chief President ' of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. Born in 1707, he attended schools in Chester and London and went to S. John's College, Cambridge. Huw Jones of Llangwm's anthology called Diddanwch teuluaidd (London, 1763) is dedicated to William Vaughan, to whom there are numerous references in the correspondence of the Morris brothers of Anglesey. Diddanwch Teuluaidd includes 'Caniad y
teulu VINCENT (Anglesey); he married Jane Anwyl, a descendant of the Anwyl family of Parc, Llanfrothen, and they had two sons. The elder, THOMAS VINCENT (1717 - 1798), graduated from Christ Church in 1739, and was archdeacon of Brecon in 1770 - he was also rector of Yatton, Som. His younger brother, JAMES VINCENT (1718 - 1783), graduated from Jesus College, Oxford, in 1739, was master of Friars school (Bangor), vicar
WARDLE, GWYLLYM LLOYD (1762? - 1833), Quaker and Wesleyan preacher and poet Wardle was said to have gained a great estate, and he himself asserted this. When he was made sheriff of Caernarvon in 1803 he was described as 'of Wern Fawr ' (Llanbedrog), but according to J. E. Griffith, this estate belonged to his sister-in-law; so, too, when ne became sheriff of Anglesey (1802) he was credited with the Cefn Coch estate which, in fact, was not his. What is certain is that he bought
WATCYN CLYWEDOG (fl. c. 1630-1650), poet About fifty of his cywyddau are extant in manuscript, as well as numerous englynion. His literary patrons were spread throughout the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Denbigh, and included members of the families of Berth-ddu, Bodfel, Bodwrda, Hendre-fawr, Llannor, Llwydiarth, Plas-y-ward, and Saethon. The greater part of his poetry is elegiac, but he also wrote eulogies, soliciting, and
WILIAM LLYN (1534 or 1535 - 1580) Llŷn, poet separated as those of Caehywel, Salop; Penmynydd, Anglesey; Madryn and Bodwrda, Llŷn; Golden Grove and Abermarlais in the vale of Towy; and Aberbrân, Brecknock. He also sang the praises of a number of clergymen, among them those of Wiliam Hughes, bishop of St Asaph, and Richard Davies, bishop of S. Davids, whose palace at Abergwili he said he had visited. In his elegy on his friend Owain ap Gwilym, the
WILLIAM(S), ROBERT (1744 - 1815), poet, and farmer of Pandy Isaf, Tre Rhiwedog (Bala); born (according to his tombstone) in 1744. Hardly anything is known of his life. He learned the bardic craft from Rolant Huw, and became himself the teacher of Ioan Tegid (John Jones, 1792 - 1852) and others. He used to write 'C.C.' ('Friend of the Cymmrodorion') after his name, and wrote an elegy on the death of Richard Morris of Anglesey, and a cywydd on the
teulu WILLIAMS Cochwillan, appears regularly as a royal official and crown farmer in Caernarvonshire from 1459 to 1475, and in 1466 he was member of a commission appointed to enquire into reports that various revenues of Caernarfonshire and Anglesey were unpaid since the accession of Edward IV (The history of the Gwydir family, ed. 1927, 19; Min. Acc., 1180/1-1181/5; Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1461-7, 529). WILLIAM AP GRIFFITH (died c
WILLIAMS, ARTHUR WYNN (1819 - 1886), physician and antiquary a native of Caernarvonshire. He was admitted a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1843, became a Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries in 1844, and obtained the degree of M.A. at S. Andrews University in 1847. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society, and was for a period physician to the Caernarvonshire and Anglesey infirmary. After practising for some
WILLIAMS, DANIEL JENKINS (1874 - 1952), minister (MC\/Presb.) and official historian of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church of America Born Genesee Depot, Wisconsin, USA, 22 December 1874, the son of Robert H. Williams (born near Gwalchmai, Anglesey, 1844), and Jane Mary (née Jenkins; born Wisconsin, daughter of Welsh immigrants). Education: A.B. (U. Wis.), 1899; M.A. (U.Wis.), 1900; B.D. (Union Theol. Sem.), 1903; Ph.D. (Ohio State University), 1914; D.D. (Carroll Col., Wis.), 1918; student of Celtic Literature, Oxford, 1904-05
WILLIAMS, EDWARD (Iolo Morganwg; 1747 - 1826), poet and antiquary 1773, he and his brothers went to London. There he met Owain Myfyr and other members of the Society of Gwyneddigion, and had an opportunity of attending meetings of that society and also of reading the manuscripts of the Morrises of Anglesey. He worked at his craft not only in London but also in Kent. Then, in 1777, he returned to Bristol, and afterwards to Glamorgan. He married in 1781, and, in 1783
WILLIAMS, EVAN (1706 - ?), harpist brothers of Anglesey refer to Evan William in their letters. It is not known when he died. His name appears in the Cymmrodorion list of members for 1762, but is not in that for 1777-8.

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